File #: 24-1546    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Public Hearing
File created: 10/31/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 11/7/2024 Final action:
Title: The Hills, LLC and Shadow Light Ranch, LLC; Conditional Use Permits and Special Permits Record Numbers: PLN-11638-CUP, PLN-11642-ZCC, PLN-11643-CUP (filed 12/2/2016) Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 223-061-003, 223-061-038, 223-061-039, 223-061-043, 223-061-046, 223-073-004 and 223-073-005 Garberville area Two Conditional Use Permits and a Zoning Clearance Certificate for continued commercial cannabis cultivation and two Special Permits for commercial cannabis processing, including packaging, and a wholesale nursery. The project site consists of three legal parcels, one of which is proposed to be retired from cannabis operations. The total commercial cultivation proposed is 60,940 square feet of existing cannabis, of which 50,940 square feet is outdoor and 10,000 square feet is mixed light. The project includes relocation and consolidation of cultivation areas to environmentally superior locations with the remediation of the retired cultivation areas. New development activities asso...
Attachments: 1. 11638-11642-11643 Staff Report 11.07.24, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft Resolution, 3. Attachment 1A - Conditions of Approval, 4. Attachment 1B -MMRP, 5. Attachment 1C - Site Plan, 6. Attachment 2 - Vicinity Map, 7. Attachment 3 - Draft Initial Study & Mitigated Negative Declaration, 8. Attachment 3A - Appendix A - Vicinity Maps, 9. Attachment 3B - Appendix B - Site Plan, 10. Attachment 3C - 3G - Appendix C-G, 11. Attachment 3H - 3N - Appendix H-N, 12. Attachment 3O - Appendix O1-O4, 13. Attachment 3P - 3U - Appendix P-U, 14. Attachment 4 - Applicant's Evidence in Support of Required Findings, 15. Attachment 4A - Wetland photos, 16. Attachment 4B - County Approved Road list, 17. Attachment 5 - Referral Agency Comments and Recommendations, 18. Attachment 5A - ref_Public Works, 19. Attachment 5B - ref_Environmental Health, 20. Attachment 5C - ref_Cal Fish and Wildlife, 21. Attachment 5D - ref_CALFIRE, 22. Attachment 6 - Public Comment, 23. Attachment 7A - 11638 Watershed Map, 24. Attachment 7B - 11642 Watershed Map, 25. Attachment 7C - 11643 Watershed Map
To: Planning Commission

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Public Hearing

SUBJECT:
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The Hills, LLC and Shadow Light Ranch, LLC; Conditional Use Permits and Special Permits
Record Numbers: PLN-11638-CUP, PLN-11642-ZCC, PLN-11643-CUP (filed 12/2/2016)
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 223-061-003, 223-061-038, 223-061-039, 223-061-043, 223-061-046, 223-073-004 and 223-073-005
Garberville area

Two Conditional Use Permits and a Zoning Clearance Certificate for continued commercial cannabis cultivation and two Special Permits for commercial cannabis processing, including packaging, and a wholesale nursery. The project site consists of three legal parcels, one of which is proposed to be retired from cannabis operations. The total commercial cultivation proposed is 60,940 square feet of existing cannabis, of which 50,940 square feet is outdoor and 10,000 square feet is mixed light. The project includes relocation and consolidation of cultivation areas to environmentally superior locations with the remediation of the retired cultivation areas. New development activities associated with this project include greenhouses for existing and relocated cultivation areas, a proposed 10,080 square foot wholesale nursery, which will also support on-site operations, a warehouse processing facility with support office space that would total up to 13,472 square feet, and employee housing of up to approximately 5,184 square feet. Water for irrigation purposes is anticipated to be approximately 756,900 gallons annually and is from an existing permitted groundwater well to be supplemented by rainwater catchment. Water for domestic purposes is from an existing spring. On-site power is currently provided by generators and solar and PG&E power is proposed.

In addition to the cultivation operation, wholesale nursery, processing operations and employee housing, the proposed project also includes decommissioning and restoration of three existing on-site p...

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